Being accused of shoplifting can be an embarrassing and confusing experience. People do shoplift, and stores have prevention tactics in place to help reduce the occurrence. Even with all the loss prevention tactics in place in stores, mistakes happen. A store may suspect you’ve stolen when you haven’t, so it’s important to understand your rights…
Colorado has a group of crimes referred to as property crimes. It encompasses acts such as burglary, robbery, receiving stolen property, and theft. The penalties associated with these crimes can be quite severe and shoplifting falls under this list. In fact, a large percentage of the thefts committed in Colorado in any given year is…
Governments around the country have had to quickly adapt to how they handle crime due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In some areas, this means releasing low-level offenders to prevent transmission in jails. In other places, police are reducing arrests of low-level crimes. In the state of Colorado, one of the ways police are reducing the…
